05000400/FIN-2012007-02
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| Title | Failure to Notify the NRC of the EOF Loss of Emergency Assessment Capability |
| Description | The inspectors identified an AV of 10 CFR Part 50.72(b)(3)(xiii), for the failure to report the loss of emergency assessment capability in the EOF. Specifically, the EOF was unavailable to perform its intended function for periods greater than seven days on several occasions from August 2009 to November 2011. This issue was entered into the licensees CAP as NCR 492707. The failure to report the loss of emergency assessment capability in the EOF as required by 10 CFR Part 50.72(b)(3)(xiii) was a performance deficiency. The finding was more than minor because it impacted the regulatory process which depends on plant activities being properly reported. The inspectors evaluated this finding against NRC IMC 0609 Appendix B, Emergency Preparedness Significance Determination Process Section 7.3. The inspectors determined that traditional enforcement is applicable. The licensee failed to report an occurrence of a major loss of emergency assessment capability. Specifically, the licensee failed to maintain a fully functional EOF when portions of the ventilation system were removed from service without compensatory measures, and the licensee failed to report the occurrence as required. As discussed in the Enforcement Policy, the severity level of a violation involving the failure to make a required report to the NRC will be based upon the significance of and the circumstances surrounding the matter that should have been reported. In this case, and as discussed above, the NRC concluded that the failure to provide the required report is associated with a preliminarily White finding for the failure to maintain a fully functional EOF. In addition, the licensees failure to report the condition of the EOF from August 2009 to November 2011, as required by 10 CFR 50.72, impeded the NRCs regulatory process. Had the licensee reported the incident as required, NRC review and follow-up inspection likely would have occurred, which may have prompted the licensee to adopt compensatory measures and/or corrective actions, thereby precluding the incidents that followed after August 4, 2009. Based on the above, the NRC determined the severity level of this apparent violation is preliminarily Severity Level III in accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy. |
| Site: | Harris  |
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| Report | IR 05000400/2012007 Section 4OA2 |
| Date counted | Jun 30, 2012 (2012Q2) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level III |
| cornerstone | Miscellaneous |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71152 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | J Dodson J Worosilo L Casey L Wert P Lessard R Croteau R Musser H Christensen J Austinj Austinj Dodson P Lessard R Croteaub Bonserd Berkshire M Speck |
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